St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-18
A MALICIOUS LIE.
Gen. Villas Has No Intention of Re-
signing His Position.

signing Ills POSITION.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-One of the
parties mentioned in the following para
graph has invited the GLOBE CORE
pondent's attention to it, with the re-
quest that it be reprinted, together with
specific denial of the entire subject
matter so venomOusly treated:
1t is rumored that Postmaster General Villas
has fully determined to resign and retire
from politics. 1t is said that Col. Villas has
long been dissatisfied and feels that he has
been cramped and unnecessarily interfered
with in the management of his depart
ment, and that subordinate has more power
and greater influence at headquarters and in
the councils of the party than he has, all of
which is Calling to his sensitive nature. His
brother in-law, Bryant, who is assistant attor-
ney general for that department, and Wis
consln Mugwump, has been sat down ON sew
eral times by the department of justice and
is losing good deal of his recently acquired
Democratic ardor This of course, adds to
the colonels unpleasant situation. First AS
s1stant Stevenson is a pushing fellow, has
adroitly managed to get into the inside ring
and it will not be long before he will add
postmaster general to his already numerous
titles.
TO STIR UP STRIFE.
That statement has been duplicated"
said the GLOBES informant, land it has
been sent out to numerous Republican
papers in the Northwest. Its author is
more an enemy of Gen. Stevenson than
he is of Villas. But his main object is to
stir up strife in the department if posi-
BILE, and canSe the postmaster general to
distrust and dislike Gen. Stevenson. I
should be glad to have it fully denied in
every particular. There is nothing
upon which such malicious falsehood
nrl An1 cfh kho, H.
eaSed imagination of political adver-
sary who is as unprincipled as he is UNI
truthful
Particularly fragrant is the introduce
ton of the name of Gen. Bryant into
the article. He is one of the most mod
est, unassuming, hard working, saga
ciOuS men to be found anywhere under
this administration. He has never once
been ''sat down upon by the department
of justice" nor been in conflict with
that department upon any matter. His
work in the matter of the compilation
of the postal laws and regulations, re-
Gently finished, is, in the actual knOwl-
edge and experience of your correspond
ent,
OF INCALCULABLE VALUE
to the public service. 1t is work of
such nature as to cause Gen. Bryant
to be wOrthily claSSed with those good
men of whom the scripture says that they
are ''bleSsed, for their works do follow
them" His revision of the postal laws
and regulations will live for many years
after he is dead and be profitable for all
time. His work has the approval and
commentator of $1,000 poStmaSterS, as
well as of the postmaster general and
the department of justice. Gen. Steven
SOIL has no ambition to become post
master general under this administra-
ton. He is the last man in the world
who would be guilty of intrigue to &C
complish that end, even if he were coy
etOus and inclined to desire the
advancement referred to. He is
a Southern gentleman of the ante
bellum type. progressive, manly man,
and honest to the core. Gen. Villas is
not contemplating resignation of his
office, much less has he fully deter
mined'' to do so. He will remain at his
post until the close of the present adj
ministration. and he will continue to
labor diligently for the public veal.
He has never been ''cramped and UNI
necessarily interfered with" No one
who knows the man can imagine such a
thing possible. If there were any in
reference with his prerogatives, for
single moment, the interference would
Immediately cease; or Col. Villas would
resign. He is absolute and supreme in
his DEPARTMENT And he will Stav there